Sow the Seeds for Food Literacy in Your Classroom

Blossoming with the wisdom of local experts, AMA’s School Garden Studio is a virtual space for Alberta’s junior high teachers to access, explore, and share every and everything needed to run their own school garden program.

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Grow Your Classroom Budget with Our Bursary

Apply for our AMA School Garden Studio bursary before November 30 and we can help get you the equipment needed to provide a real gardening experience for your 7th graders.

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Top Three Reasons to Join the Studio

Seedling takes root.

It’s Free to Join

There’s no cost to create an account and once you’re inside you’ll find a mix of free and discounted resources exclusively available to teachers like you.

Includes a Teaching Community

Curated for Alberta’s Teachers

Resources for Teachers

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Grant Opportunities
Peruse the listing of funding opportunities available that could help grow your classroom budget.
Virtual Teaching Library
Teaching Library
Checkout our free tutorials, classroom activities, lesson plans, “how to” articles, and more—all curated by leading educational, horticultural, and agricultural experts.
Classroom Supplies
No matter the size of your classroom, there’s a garden set-up that’s right for you and your students. Buy or borrow the tools to get growing.

Latest News

Read our recent announcements and checkout our spotlight stories.

We’ve started a bursary!
We’ve started a bursary!
Our new bursary could support food literacy in your classroomChildren account for 36% of food bank visits in Alberta every…
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New Container Gardening Resources Available for Grade 7
New Container Gardening Resources Available for Grade 7
Complete with lesson plans, labs, and activitiesPreparing lesson plans, labs, and activities from scratch can be fun—but it can also…
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We’re Giving Away Free Seeds!
We’re Giving Away Free Seeds!
Help From and For Local Food BanksAccess to healthy food is something that food banks appreciate; it’s also something that…
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We Started a School Garden Studio!
We Started a School Garden Studio!
If you want to imagine what Alberta will look like in twenty years, chat with a child. Afterall, it’s the…
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Our Partners

With a focus on the unique realities of growing in Alberta, it’s the experienced green thumbs of our local garden centres, community gardeners, and leading academics that bring the School Garden Studio to life.